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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues

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To: flatsville who wrote (4047)2/23/1999 2:52:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (2) of 9818
 
'50% of the 19 Largest Japanese Banks Are 25% Compliant
asked in the TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) Q&A Forum
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Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Japan's fical year 2000 begin in April of this year?
If this is so, how could they possibly prevent catastrophe?

USA Today

-- Mark Mastrorilli (mastrorilli@hotmail.com), February 23, 1999

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I'm sure I've seen somewhere on this bulletin board that Japan's fiscal 1999 starts on April 1, 1999; their fiscal 2000 starts April 1, 2000. Someone else feel free to chime in with a link or pointer to somewhere else that would confirm this.

-- Don (whytocay@hotmail.com), February 23, 1999.

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The following info is from the home page on this site (www.yourdon.com) on the sidebar index (emphasis mine):
Only 311 days to Jan 1, 2000

Only 36 days to Apr 1, 1999: beginning of 1999-2000 fiscal year for Japan, Canada, and New York State

Only 41 days to Apr 6, 1999: beginning of U.K. government 1999-2000 fiscal year

Only 127 days to Jul 1, 1999: beginning of 1999-2000 fiscal year for Australia and 46 U.S. states

Only 179 days to Aug 22, 1999, when GPS satellite system rolls over

Only 219 days to Oct 1, 1999: beginning of U.S. federal government 1999-2000 fiscal year

-- Rob Michaels (sonofdust@net.com), February 23, 1999.

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